Multiple tool slide for machine tools



Oct. 30, 1928.

R. A. ASHTON .MULTIPLE TOOL SLIDE FOR MACHINE TOOLS Filed March 18, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l R. A. ASHTON MULTIPLE TOOL SLIDE FOR MACHINE TOOLS Filed Maron 18, 1926 z sheet-sheer 2 111| lllll Paieniedoci. 3o, 192s. i

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Application led March 18, 1926. Serial No. 95,780.

This invention relates to a machine tool in which a pluralityol: turning or cutting tools are used and in which cam means is provided toi-moving the tools towards or from the It is the object of my invention to yprovide means by which closely adjacent tools may be separately advanced or retracted and preferably by which they maybe moved'in non- 0 Ipaiallel paths. l

The preferred form of my invention contemplates the provision of a templet bar or plate having a plurality of cam grooves therein, preferably located in the same plane, and in combination with cam followers `so positioned on the tool slidesvthat they will cooperate with the different cam grooves. this construction the toolsmay each ii'eceive any desired movement toward or *l0 from the work and in any timed relation.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter describedr and more particu laily pointed out in the appended claims.

A preferred form of my invention is shown in the drawings, in which v Fig. 1 is a plan view of a portion of amultiple lathe or otherniachine tool,fembodying my invention; f

in Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, ltaken along the line 2-2in Figil;v y f Fig. 3 is an enlargedplan view of certain ot' the parts Vshown in Fig. 1; i f Fig. Il is a plan view of the templet bar o plate; and

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional elevation, taken along the line 5-*15 in Fig. 2. f f

Referring to the drawings, I have shown a portion of a casing or yframelO having guideways 11 on which a tool carriage 12 is slidable axially of the work W. The tool carriage 12 is provided with a plurality of transversely extended recesses 12a in which tool slides 13 and 14; are movable towards and from the work. Any suitable cutting or turning tools T are mounted in the tool slides and may be adjusted longitudinally of the tool slides by adjusting screws 15.

Each adjusting screw 15 is threaded into M) the outer end of the corresponding tool'slide and is connected with the tool shank in any suitable manner. `In the drawings I have shown the screws 15 and the adjacent tool shanks as provided with headed'projections 5 which are secured together by split collars .tool carriage 12. `closely against the sides of .its slot 19,y as

16 having recesses for the projections. yEach ,collarwill prevent relative axial movement ofthe .corresponding tool and screw while permitting angular movement of the screw. A suitable handle 17 is provided for adjust- Each tool slide 13 or 14 has a lug orprojection 18 extending through a co-operating elongated slot 19 in the upper portion of the .Each projection 18 fits illustrated in 5, and thus prevents an.- gular movement of the tool slide.

A compression spring v20 for. each slide is litted in a recess 2,1l in the tool carriage 12 i and acts against a shoulder on the tool slide to yieldingly press the slide rearward away from the work. lBearings 22 and 23 are providedat the ends ofthe tool slides, and the bearings of different slides maybe angularlv disposed to bring the tools T more closely together. Furthermore, the opening of the tool T and theadjusting screw 15 maybe angularlydisposed in the tOOl slidefitself as indicated in slide 13, for stillcloser positioning ofadjacent tools. Y. A stud or roll 25 ismounted on the pro` jection of eacl'irtool slideand coeoperate with a. cam groove 26in a templet bar or plate 27 secured to the machine frame and held from axial movement. A bearing member 28 isy fixed to the front portion of the tool carriage 12 and .forms an abutment for one edge ofthe templet bar 2T. LA,l second bearing member 29 is provided on the tool carriage at the opposite edge of the bar 27 and may be adjusted j toward the bar 27 by an adjustingjscr'ew 30 afterwhich it maybe clamped in adjusted position by a clamping screw 31.

A'separate cam groove 26 may be provided for each tool slide 13 vand 14 and these cam grooves are usually innonparallel relation and ai'e preferably disposed in a single plane.

The lugs or projections 18 and the rolls 25 (Fig. l) on the tool slides are disposed axially of the slides so that different rolls 25 will `c.

operate with different cam grooves 26. A graduated collar 32 may be clamped on each l i u ing the positionsoi the tools inthe tool slides.

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threaded rod or screw 15 and co-operates with a zero mark on the end of the tool slide to indicate the amount of any slight angular adjustinent of the screw 15.

The templet bar is preferably made as shown in upper and lower parts, for convenience in manufacture, the lower part being the parts.

.127 and moves .the associated toolT toward or kfrom the work, such movementbeing independent -for each tool and simultaneous with the movement of the carriage.

double faced will both towards and The cam grooves Vbeing cause the slides to move Y' from the work,l but the springs 2O are effective to Vtake up any slight back-lash between The movable bearing 29 is adjusted to cause a close sliding fit between lio ' riage 12.v

shown in Fig. 1,4and furthermore,

the templet bar or plate 27 and the tool car- The tools T may operate closely admay be angularly ldisposed as certain of the tools and adjusting'screws may be disposed at an-anglel to the axis of the tool slide jacent and for. closer operation.

By making the .cam grooves 26 wider than the diameter' of a cam roll 25, the cams may be made single-acting, the tools being re- 4 tracted-by the springs Q0.

Any desired relative movement of the slides may be produced by suitable design of the fcam grooves in the templet bar 27, and different movements may be easily produced by removing one templet bar and inserting another bai' having different cam grooves. y i The entire. construction is extremely simplei and accurate duplicate work may be produced thereby,

Having describedmy invention Yand' the advantages thereof7 I do not wish to beV limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth inthe claims,^but what I claim is 1, In a machine tool,'a carriage movable axially of' the work, a plurality of tool slides movable transversely in said carriage toward o and from the work, a cam plate fixed axially Y, in said machine tool and having a straight bearing surface parallel to the path of movement of said carriage and having a plurality of separate lcam grooves extending lengthwise of said plate, said carriage having a bearing member engaging said straight bearing surface, and yielding means toV force said cam plater against said'bearing member, said 'tool slides having cam followers at different` axial positions -thereon and each cooperating with y a seclected cam groove in said cam plate. f

2. In a machine tool, a'carriage movable axially'of the work, a plurality of tool slides movable transversely in said carriage toward and from the work, a cam plate fixed axially insaid machine tool and having two bearing surfaces parallel to the path of movement ofl said carriage and having a plurality of separate cam grooves extending lengthwise of said plate, said carriage having a bearing member engaging oneeof said straight bearing surfaces and a second bearing member engaging the second straight bearing surface,`

and securing means for said'v second bearing member ,providing adjustment thereof toward and from said cam plate, and said tool slides having cam followers at different axial positions thereon and each cooperating with a selected cam groove in said cam plate.

- 23. In a machine tool, a carriage movable axially of the movable transversely insaid carriagetoward and from the work in non-parallelrelation7 a templet bar having apluralityv ofcam surwork, a. plurality of tool slidesj faces lying substantially in a single plane f and at different distances from the axis of the wor-lc, and cam followers on said tool slides, said followers being associated with different cam surfaces on-said templet bary whereby said slides may be separately advanced toward the work. i Y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto af-` fixed my signature. v i 'Y RICHARD A. 'ASH-TON. 

